Hugh E. Cross ’50

Hugh Edward Cross, 83, of Carrollton, IL passed away on Friday,June 24, 2011, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, IL. Mr. Cross attended Jersey Township High School for two years and then transferred to and graduated from Western Military Academy in Alton, IL. He attended the University of Illinois with his enrollment interrupted by his enlistment in the U.S. Navy from 1945-1946. While at the U of I, he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. He graduated in the class of 1950. In 1951, Mr. Cross bought the Carrollton Farm Supply Co. (an International Harvester farm implement dealership) and was owner and manager for 25 years.